Jason, last Saturday, after buying the soft weight, I tried the section of water below York Road. I fished far enough downstream that my walk back to York Road at a good clip took me 25 minutes. I managed 4 fish caught and 2 lost, one of which was above Masemore, before the intended planting at Bush Cabin Run. They all fell to bead head wooly buggers in size 8 and 10 with ginger and olive bodies. That was when the water was moving by at 210 or so cfs. I even had a chance to see 1 nice take as I cast into water surrounding a tree trunk and leading to a deep undercut bank. A nice fish came out to swipe the wooly bugger as I cast from the bank. I saw no stoneflies out; just saw a few black midges and a couple cream ones. Nothing at all rising with all that volume to the water. Up at Masemore there were a fair amount of skunk cabbage poking out, but below York Road for the whole distance I fished not a one was seen. Many kingfisher out and about. The soft weight cast o.k. but I did lose a couple pieces on the line, and a few times it slipped down to the hook eye.
Cheers,
Jed